$50,000 x 7 = $350,000
Instead of Kasich offering to speak for free, as John Glenn and others have done, Kasich allegedly asked to be paid, and requested payment for his aide. Here is a comparison of the careers of Kasich and John Glenn.
John Kasich: (source:Wikipedia bio)
- member of the Ohio Senate (1978-1982)
- member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983-2001)
- TV host on the right wing network, Fox News
- managing director, investment banker, Lehman Brothers (2001-2008)
John Glenn: (source:Wikipedia bio)
- Marine Pilot: World War II, Korean War
- first American astronaut to orbit Earth 1962
- returned to space in 1998 on the space shuttle
- U.S. Senator (1974-1999)
- Awards (source: NASA bio): Glenn has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on six occasions, and holds the Air Medal with 18 Clusters for his service during World War II and Korea. Glenn also holds the Navy Unit Commendation for service in Korea, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the China Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Navy's Astronaut Wings, the Marine Corps' Astronaut Medal, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Kasich is small potatoes compared to Glenn, and yet Kasich accepted $4000 for each of his one hour lectures over seven years.
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Why should Ohio's college students worry about a possible Kasich as Ohio's Governor?
Kasich said the following in Brimfield, Ohio:
...Colleges need to not duplicate programs and should find ways to graduate students in four years, he said...
I think that college students will understand exactly what that means. You'd no longer have a choice on what you want to study at a particular college ----programs would be merged/eliminated.
Kasich has a long history of going after college students and trying to cut their programs.
Google News Archive (The Victoria Advocate-March 10, 1995):
...Last year, Kasich proposed ending a subsidy for Federal Family Education Loans (FFEL) and Federal Direct Loans. Under the subsidy, the government pays the loan interest for needy students while they are enrolled in college. Under that revision, the student still wouldn't be required to make payments while in school, but the interest would accrue and be repaid after graduation....
...Ending the interest subsidy, which benefits about 6.5 million college students, would save taxpayers about $9.5 billion over five years, Kasich said.
However, tacking on the interest would "increase student debt after graduation by 20 to 50 percent," said Merkowitz. "That would be a barrier for a large number of students" to attend college....
Can you imagine what would have happened if Kasich's idea had passed?
Kasich needs to keep his hand off of Ohio's colleges and universities. His record shows that he cares little about college students, struggling families, retirees, and the poor. Kasich's appears to be interested in the rich.